The Power of Emotion in Politics, Philosophy, and Ideology [electronic resource] /
Kassab, Hanna Samir.author.
This book defines political ideology as a structural force that combines ideas, emotion, and people for the purpose of transforming political discourse. It advances a theoretical proposition concerning the creation of alternative modes of governance and proposes a general theory explains the reasons for the creation of political ideologies as an escape from perceived injustice. The theory also explains democracy's success and the failure of Communism and the Fascism. The purpose of any political ideology, whether Democracy, Fascism (and its varieties), or Communism, is to escape human suffering by combining ideas, emotion, and people in the production of fundamental societal change. Ideologies must possess these three variables to attain the necessary power to succeed as a political force. Power gives the ideology the structural ability to transform society, trapping the once free individual into the ideology.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book defines political ideology as a structural force that combines ideas, emotion, and people for the purpose of transforming political discourse. It advances a theoretical proposition concerning the creation of alternative modes of governance and proposes a general theory explains the reasons for the creation of political ideologies as an escape from perceived injustice. The theory also explains democracy's success and the failure of Communism and the Fascism. The purpose of any political ideology, whether Democracy, Fascism (and its varieties), or Communism, is to escape human suffering by combining ideas, emotion, and people in the production of fundamental societal change. Ideologies must possess these three variables to attain the necessary power to succeed as a political force. Power gives the ideology the structural ability to transform society, trapping the once free individual into the ideology.
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- PART I: THEORY -- 1. Emotions and the Individual -- 2. Emotions and the Formation of Ideas -- 3. The Structure of Politics -- 4. Political Philosophy and Political Ideology -- PART II: CASES -- 5. Democracy -- 6. Communism -- 7. Nazism -- 8. Zionism, Arab Nationalism, Islamism and US Neoconservativism -- Conclusion.
Political science.
International relations.
International organization.
Political theory.
Emotions.
Political Science.
International Relations.
International Organization.
Political Theory.
Emotion.